ABC 90th Anniversary… Taim Bilong Tim part 2 24/03/202213/04/2022 In the 1980s Tim Bowden produced many of ABC Radio’s most outstanding audio documentaries. They were forerunners of today’s podcast genre, and led the way in oral history documentary-making in…
ABC 90th Anniversary… Through Flood and Tempest: remembering cyclone tracy 16/03/202224/03/2022 Over the last month much of the east coast of Australia has been devastated by flooding, among the worst in living memory. We’ve seen stories of extraordinary efforts to evacuate…
ABC 90th Anniversary… Taim Bilong Tim 14/03/202224/03/2022 Long before podcast documentaries, ABC Radio pioneered the audio documentary genre with countless programs and series produced over several decades. Some of the most outstanding of these documentaries were made…
ABC 90th Anniversary… Once an Argonaut, Always an Argonaut 21/02/202212/09/2022 Between 1941 and 1972 The Argonauts Club was one of ABC Radio’s most successful children’s programs. In 1956 it was attracting 10,000 new members a year. Many went on to…
ABC 90th Anniversary… How terrorism in Munich led to ABC’s first ‘live’ report 25/01/202201/02/2022 In the early hours of 5th September 1972, the Munich Olympic Games were rocked by a terrorist attack. Eight terrorists from the Palestinian organisation Black September (BSO) seized members of…
ABC 90th Anniversary… Australian Culture: heard but not seen 18/01/202225/01/2022 There was a time when academics rarely talked about their work to anyone outside of the universities, a time when Australia was so genuflective to Britain and Europe that it…
ABC Funding… ABC now crucial to the survival of local TV production 08/12/202118/01/2022 A new report from Deloitte Access Economics shows that the ABC’s commitment to local drama, documentary and entertainment boosts the Australian economy by hundreds of millions of dollars and has…
ABC Programs… The ABC: A Grand Obsession 25/11/202103/12/2021 Like many journalists who’ve honed their careers at the ABC, economics writer Peter Martin began in a small local newsroom and moved through the ranks to become a specialist reporter…
ABC Funding… Under fire: Ita Buttrose goes into battle for ABC independence 18/11/202125/11/2021 For the current government “the enemy” appears to be anyone trying to hold that government to account – and right now, that’s the ABC. Here ABC Alumni director Quentin Dempster…
ABC Funding… ABC’s 2020-2021 annual report released 21/10/202101/11/2021 The ABC has just released its 2020-2021 annual report. The public broadcaster’s achievements during this period have been many, from outstanding emergency reporting on bushfires, floods and the COVID-19 pandemic…
